NOT DESPERATE
EUROPEAN SITUATIOi,
LORD RUNCIMAN'S VIEW
(Received June 2M, 10.50 a.m.)
LONDON, June 21,
Lord Ruhciman, presiding at th» annual conference of the- National Liberal Party, said: "I refuse to take X desperate view of the Kuropean situation. We are conscious of the strength of potential enemies, who are not so conscious of our strength. There would be a good many surprises both .for them and for ourselves if the Secretary of War, the First Lord of the Admiralty, and the Secretary for Air disclosed our strength frankly and without reservation." * ■ . ■
The Secretary for War, Mr, L. HoreBelisha, declared that Britain had done marvels in re-armament, and that the country was now ready to defend it» self. .
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 145, 22 June 1938, Page 12
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